[ios26] headerLargeTitle not working in native-stack

[cuttlas]

Description

I built my app with xcode beta 4 for ios26 and the headerLargeTitle in my native-stack screens disappeared:

ScreenRecording_08-06-2025.19-29-44_1.MP4

I expected a visible largeTitle like in ios17:

ScreenRecording_08-06-2025.19-33-41_1.MP4

this are the options I pass to my Stack:

  const stackOptions = {
    gestureEnabled: true,
    headerShown: true,
    orientation: 'portrait',
    headerLargeTitle: true,
    title: "Menu",
    headerStyle: {
      backgroundColor: variables.background,
    },
    headerShadowVisible: false,
    headerTitleStyle: {
      fontFamily: 'EuclidFlexMedium',
      color: variables.black,
    },
    headerLargeTitleStyle: {
      fontFamily: 'EuclidFlexMedium',
      color: variables.black,
    },
  };

Steps to reproduce

• Create a react-navigation native-stack with header large titles.
• Build the app with XCode beta 4 for ios26

Snack or a link to a repository

...

Screens version

4.13.1

React Native version

0.77

Platforms

iOS

JavaScript runtime

Hermes

Workflow

React Native (without Expo)

Architecture

Paper (Old Architecture)

Build type

Debug mode

Device

Real device

Device model

No response

Acknowledgements

Yes

[github-actions]

Hey! 👋

The issue doesn't seem to contain a minimal reproduction.

Could you provide a snack or a link to a GitHub repository under your username that reproduces the problem?

[kligarski]

Hi, @cuttlas.
Thank you for reporting the issue.

Unfortunately, this seems to be a bug in Apple's UIKit framework on iOS 26 as this bug is reproducible in an app without react-native-screens.

iOS 26, bare UIKit app:

headerLargeTitle_26.mov

iOS 18, bare UIKit app:

headerLargeTitle_18.mov

Until Apple fixes this, the only workaround we can suggest is to remove any backgroundColor and blurEffect from the header or remove headerLargeTitle completely.

[JustJoostNL]

iOS 26 RC has still not fixed this issue. iOS 26 will be released on Monday, which would mean that all apps build for iOS 26 will have a broken large title 😦

Does anyone have a workaround for this, which is not just removing the whole large title?

[kligarski]

Hi, @JustJoostNL.
Transparent header (headerTransparent: true) should work correctly with large title if no blur effect is applied. Unfortunately, we're not aware of any other workarounds.

[matinzd]

@kligarski I see that transparent mode shows the title bar. I have also set it to transparent but still no title.